Statue of the Venerable Matt Talbot in Dublin near Matt
Talbot Bridge. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Keresaspa Matt Talbot lived in stirring times; the Lockout of 1913, the First World War, The 1916 Rising, The War of Independence, The Civil War. Some believe mistakenly that these events didn’t impact on him. Although it’s true that no checkpoint would keep him from daily Mass, he was well aware of the intense suffering that…
